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Tuesday, January 20, 2009

Win It! Full Sets of The President's Daughter series by Ellen Emerson White

Imagine owning all four of the books in this great series about Meg Powers, the daughter of the first female president of the United States. We featured Ellen on readergirlz in November, and we're so excited to be able to give 25 readergirlz full sets of her fantastic series!

So, to enter, just comment below. Say hi, tell us what it feels like to usher in our new president, write a haiku--it all counts. We'll choose 25 commenters on January 31st to win the books, so speak up by then!

Tears in my eyes as I watch the limo procession on TV, anticipating the inaugural address, knowing that my kids are watching the events at school. Like Yabooklady, I'm looking forward to watching the tivoed coverage again with my kids tonight, sharing an important moment in history they will always remember.

Hope. It is a comfort that provokes and generates excitement and inspiration for a new generation, not only for Americans but for all people across our small planet. To quote Dylan, "The times they are a-changin". Yes they are! In spite of everything we face, we are truly blessed.

Awesome giveaway!! This is the first year that I have ever voted because I knew that even tho' people say "My vote won't matter."...well if millions of people thought like that then yes, it does matter... I am so happy that Obama won!! Hopefully he can put America back together again...

Hi! My husband and son were on the Mall yesterday; I stayed home with out daughter, who's too little to be out in the cold for so long, but will some day love these books. I would love them already! Thanks for the giveaway!

Even though they were already in bed, I took pictures of my kids yesterday, when I thought of it. I want to be able to show them what they were like when such a historic day took place. They probably won't remember it (they are 4 years old and 10 months old) but they will most definitely learn about it.

I'd look forward to reading the books and then passing them on to my daughter, when she's old enough!

I think it was great seeing so many people excited about Barack Obama becoming president, and it was people from the U.S. and all around the world. It's crazy the impact it has, but it was definitely cool.

I checked for these books at the Vancouver library, and they're not there. Maybe the library's waiting for The Prime Minister's Daughter to come out? Anyway, I would love to enter the contest. Thank you!

I thought it was an amazing day. When Obama won the election, I was surprised. I always thought that America would have a woman president first before an African-American one but, I'm happy that change is happening and progress is being made.

I'd love to read those books. I've seen so many great comments and interviews about them. Will you try to give a set to the Obama girls for when they are older? The last one might not be appropriate at any age since we hope and pray such circumstances won't happen.

Or give Mitali Perkins' book! I do hope that the girls are getting floods of book gifts for their White House library.

OK, seriously? When I saw Malia and Sasha at the inauguration yesterday, I thought, "You know, I really need to read that President's Daughter series I've been hearing about - it's supposed to be really good". So winning this contest would be very convenient :).

I teach junior high school, so I watched the inauguration with a roomful of 7th graders. I was surprised by how many of them sat spellbound for the President's speech. My wildest boy walked right up to the TV and stood enthralled for 20 minutes, except for the point where he told me, "I'm getting chills."I was born early enough that I can remember Nixon resigning, so I've seen quite a few presidents, and this was the best. Even my parents, in their 80s, white, voted for the opposition, were moved and hopeful over this event.Godspeed, Mr. Obama. Godspeed.

I've never gotten a chance to read all four books, but only because I couldn't find them as a teenager. What an awesome giveaway! I will definitely be doing some renewed searching at the library in the meantime.

What a great way to help readers learn about the "behind the scenes" day to day life of the first family from the point of view of the president's daughter. Everyone seems really interested in President Obama and U. S. history. I'm glad a company offers a unique way for readers to take part in the historical events associated with the presidency.

In fifth grade, my teacher was the only African-American on staff. At some point, I remember her saying that the United States would elect a woman long before they would elect a black man or woman. That comment stuck with me, and really bothered me. Maybe racism wasn't something that had occurred to me in the real world yet? I lived in a small town thirty miles from the 'big city' of Minneapolis...it wasn't very diverse. I just wish I knew where she was today so I could tell her how happy I am she was proved wrong. Even if she was one of my favorite teachers ever.

I was one of those lucky 3 million+ who ended up in D.C. for the Inauguration. Granted, I spent the day in an office in the National League of Cities building overlooking PA Ave but it was still amazing, especially when Obama went by in his gigantic car with a thousand secret service people!

I was so proud of our country during the Inauguration. It seemed almost a rebirth of pride in our country not to malign the previous administration. To see that amount of patriotism is something I haven't seen since 9/11. I cried during the President's speech and loved the whole ceremonial aspects of it. I have great faith in President Obama.

I felt like chest was all puffed out during the inaugural address, I was so proud of our country!I would love to win these books, thanks so much for this fab giveaway and what a reason to celebrate!!inaugural address

Please delete my prior comment..I goofed! : )I felt like chest was all puffed out during the inaugural address, I was so proud of our country!I would love to win these books, thanks so much for this fab giveaway and what a reason to celebrate!!Darbydarbyscloset at yahoo dot com

Oh, wow. I've been seeing these books at my local Barnes & Noble forever; it would be awesome to finally get a chance to read them.

My whole school was celebrating on Inauguration Day. It should've been declared a school holiday, what with all the professors cancelling classes so we could go to one of the 6 places on campus where large screens were set up, displaying the inauguration live. It was lots of fun.

I was in Israel during the inauguration and even watching it that far from home was amazing. I was crying, all these Israelis were cheering and placing so much hope in our new leadership. It was just beyond amazing.